Telephone-cabinet.



A. LARSSON.

TELEPHONE CABINET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907.

' Patented July 27, 1909.

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. TELEPHONE CABINET.

, APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907. 928,989, Patented July 27, 1909.

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ALFRED LARSSON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE-CABINET.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, .irnrnnn LARssoN, a subject of the King of Sweden,and residing at BtlfftllO, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented a new and useful linprtwement in Telephone-Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce of sheet metal an etiicient,ornamental and inexpensive cabinet for holding the different devices ofa telephone station.

In the accompanying drawings consisting of 2 sheets: Figure 1 is a frontelevation of my improved telephone cabinet. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4is a vertical transverse section of the cabinet taken in line st-i, Fig.3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in line 55, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The cabinet comprisesfixed and movable parts which form a housing andsupport for the telephone instruments and which are pivotally connectedso as to permit of opening or closing the space between the fixed andmovable parts inwhich some of the devices of the telephone system areplaced.

The fixed parts or base of the cabinet consist of an upright. back A anda shelf or bottom B projecting forwardly from the lower end of the back.The back A may be of any suitable contour and is stamped or drawn out ofa single sheet of metal so as to form a body having a fiat upper part (iand a rearwardly dished lower part (1. a flange (4 projecting rearwardlyfrom the margin of the body and a flange a pro jecting laterally fromthe rear edge of the marginal flange a'-. The rearwardly and laterallyprojecting flanges on the body iracticall form an an 'le iron whichmate.

rially stiffens and strengthens the back. The shelf is .lso stamped ordrawn from single sheet of metal so as to form a flat horizontalsupporting surface Z) and a depending marginal fiange 6 The shelf andback may be connected in any suitable or approved manner but preferablyby means of rivets 79 passing through the rear part of the shelf flangeandthe adjacent lower part of the back, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The 11]0Vt1l')lj)d1t$ or hood of the cabinet consist of a front wall C,two side walls Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1907.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Serial No. 389,492.

D, D and a desk or top E each of which is stamped or drawn from a singlesheet of metal; Normally the lower ends of the front and side walls reston the shelf and the rear edges of the side walls engage with the backon opposite sides of its dished portion and the rear edge of the deskengages with the back above its dished portion. The space within themovable hood of the cabinet and the dished part of the back thuscommunicate with each other and form the compartment which receives themagneto generator and battery or the condenser of the telephoneapparatus. The lower part c of the front wall is nearer to the backwhile the upper part 0 thereof is arranged a greater distance therefrom,thereby causing the lower part of the compartment to be comparativelyshallow and suited for receiving a pair of dry electric cells in anupright position while the upper part of said compartment iscomparatively deep and adapted to receive either atelephone generator ora condenser. In producing this form of coi'npartment the lower part ofthe front wall is preferably made straight vertically and dishedhorizontally forwardly while the upper part thereof overhangs the lowerpart and is straight transversely, both parts being suitably curved ormolded to give them an ornamental appearance.

The lower parts d of the side walls are comparatively narrow while theupper parts d thereof are wider to suit the shape of the front wall. Thefront wall may be connected at its opposite vertical edges with thefront vertical edges of the side walls in various ways but preferably bymeans of inwardly turned flanges 7 arranged on the front edges of theside walls and secured against the front side of the upright edges ofthe front wall by rivets g, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

The desk or top E has a horizontal rear part or ledge 6 containing atransverse groove h for holding a pen or penciland a front part c whichinclines forwardly for holding a book or pad and is provided at itsfront end with a transverse rib z' for preventing such book or pad-fromsliding off the desk. The; latter preferably projects with its front endforwardly beyond the front wall and is provided at its front end with adepending transverse flange and at its opposite longitudinal sides withdepending side flanges 70 which are secured to the outer side of theside walls by rivets Z. One of the side walls, preferably the right, ispivotally connected by hinges on with the back so as to permit themovable front parts of the cabinet to be swung laterally to affordaccess to the bells, generator or condenser in the compartment. The flatupper part of the back above the desk is adapted to receive thetransmitter of the telephone ap paratus.

My improved telephone cabinet is very durable in construction, neat inappearance and more compact than cabinets for this pur pose which haveheretofore been made of wood and the same can be manufactured atcomparatively low cost.

I claim as my invention:

1. A telephone cabinet comprising a back constructed of sheet metal andhaving its lower part dished rearwardly, and a movable hood arranged infront of the dished part of the back so as to form a compartmenttherewith, substantially as set forth.

2. A telephone cabinet comprising a back constructed of sheet metal toform a flat upper part, a rearwardly disheddower part and a rearwardlyprojecting marginal flange, and a movable hood arranged in front of thedished part of the desk, substantially as set forth.

3. A telephone cabinet comprising a back, a shelf projecting forwardlyfrom the lower part of said back. and a movable hood connected with theback above said shelf, and adapted to be closed at its lower end by saidshelf while arranged over the latter but to be open at its lower endwhen the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

l. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and amovable'hood connected with the back above the shelf, and adapted to beclosed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter butto be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf,substantially as set forth.

5. A. telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf arranged in front of the lower part of said back and having amarginal depending flange the rear part of which is connected with theback, and a movable hood connected with the back above said shelf, andadapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged overthe latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved fromover the shelf, substantially as set forth.

6. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf arranged in front of the lower part of said back and having amarginal depending flange the rear part of which is connected with theback, and a sheet metal hood arranged above said shelf and pivoted onone side to said back, to swing horizontally and adapted to be closed atits lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter but to beopen at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf;substantially as set forth.

7. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheetmetal hood movably connected with the back abovesaid shelf andconsisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the frontedges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of theside and front walls, and said hood being capable of horizontal movementand adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while in itsnormal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when thehood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

8. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheetmetal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf andconsisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the frontedges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of theside and front walls, the lower part of said hood being shallow whilethe upper part thereof is comparatively deep, and said hood beingcapable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower endby said shelf while-in its normal position over the latter but to beopen at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf,substantially as set forth.

9. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheetmetal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf andconsisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the frontedges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of theside and front walls, the lower part of said front wall being nearer theback while the upper part is arranged at a greater distance therefromand overhangs said lower part and each of the side walls having a narrowlower part and a wide upper part, and said,

ho-od being capable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed atits lower end by said shelf while in its normal position over the latterbut to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over theshelf. substantially as set forth.

10. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back. a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheetmetal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf andconsisting of twoside walls, a front wall connected with the front edgesof the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the sideand front walls and having a horizontal side and front walls, and havinga horizontal rear part and an inclined front part, and said hood beingcapable of horizontal movementand adapted to be closed at its lower endby said shelf while in its normal position over the latter but to beopen at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf,substantially as set forth.

11. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metalshelf projecting forwardly from the lower part ofthe back,

and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back above said shelfand consisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with thefrontedges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges ofthe rear part provided with a transverse groove, an inclined front partprovided with a transverse rib, and marginal depending flanges at thefront and side edges of the top, and said hood being capable ofhorizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower end by saidshelf while in its normal position over the latter but to be open at itslower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf,

substantially as set forth.

fitness my hand this 19th day of August,

ALFRED LARSSON. W'itnesses:

CARL T. CHESTER, HARVEY J. DRAKE.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 928,989.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 928,989 granted July27, 1909, upon the application of Alfred Larsson, of Buffalo, New York,for an improvement in Telephone-Cabinets, an error appears in theprinted specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 29, page2, the word desk should read back and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform-tothe record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of August, A. D., 1909.

[SEAL] F.- A. TENNANT,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

